The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-11-23

! the water was thrown to great height
over the tallest church steeples in town.
FRANK o. PARKHURsT, a young man six.
teen years of age, was found dead in his
room at the Bomoseen House, Casteton
| He took his life with laudanum, though chic
| reform and revolver were by his side. He
| was the son of G. A. Parkhurst, a book.
keeper of Rutland, and ran away from home
| September 4th, 1886, since when he has not
been seen or heard from until found dead.
REV DR. MALCOLM DOUGLASS, pastor
well known throughout Vermont, just de
ceased at East Wareham Mass, left will
with quite number of eccentric provisions
Among them is one that his coffin be plain
! pine box, costing, together with the under
| takers expenses, not over $50. The family
are not to wear mourning and he asks that
the mourners do not stand at the grave with
uncovered heads if the day of the funeral
| should be cold.
THE family of Augustus d. Slack of Rut-
land have been left substantial fortune by
the will of Mr.. Slack's sister, Caroline a
Wood of Cambridge, Mass. Mrs. Wood be
| queathed to Mr.. Slack the house in which
! he lives on Pine street and 100000 in money
to his son, Frank l.. Slack, $1,000, and to
the other son, Waldo III. Slack, $1,000 John
S. Slack of Ludlow, another brother, gets
$50 900, and his daughters. Caroline A. and
Mary. $1,000 each Henry L. Slack OF
Bethel, Conn. gets $4,000 and his children
$1,000. Mrs Wood made large charitable
requests as well.
THE point just decided by the supreme
court in the case of State u.s. Thomas Ward
against defendant is this: Among the grand
Jurors summoned in 1886 was Mr.. Holman
of Wheelock. 1t subsequently appeared
that he had served on the grand jury in
1881, and he was therefore excused from
serving, the law prohibiting a person from
serving on the grand jury within two years
of a previous service. taliSman was
called in and the grand jury thus empan-
eled, and it went on and indicted Mr..
Ward His lawyers claimed that the grand
jury so constituted was illegal, but il now
appears that the supreme court thinks
differently. Johnsbury Republican,.
AN interesting case of hdbeds corpus was
heard at the courthouse in Hyde Park on
Friday and Saturday last, before Hon. H III.
Powers, between John Ladeau of New
Hampshire and Alma Gauthier of Hyde
Park. 1t appeared that about eight years
since Mr. Ladeau, who was then widower,
gave an infant girl to his wife's sister, Miss
Gauthier, with whom she remained without
seeing her father until a short time ago.
The father claimed that it was understood
that he should have the child whenever he
called for her. but the Judge in rendering
his decision considered that it was quite
probable, under all the circumstances
which appeared in evidence, that the child
had been given away, as claimed by the de-
PENDANT, and also that it would he as WELL if
not better. for the girl to remain where she
now is. He accordingly dismissed the writ.
In General.
FOREST fires are raging in Tennessee.
New YORK harbor is declared free from
cholera.
FOURTEEN dwellings were burned in La
coma, Iowa.
UNAVOIDABLE news is received from the
Panama canal
VIOLENT threats are made by the Nihilists
at Newark, n. j.
LAND COMMISSIONER SPARKS has handed
in his resignation.
THERE are cases of leprosy in the hos
pital at Philadelphia.
NUMEROUS burglaries are reported in the
vicinity of Exeter, y. III.
GALLART, the Belgian historical painter is
dead aged seventy-seven.
THE town of CRANKY, Mo-, has been wiped
out by fire. Loss S200,OOO
A S350,OOO fire of four-mils, grain, etc,
occurred at Fort Scott, Kansas.
FOREST fires, causing great damage, are
raging in Illinois and Arkansas.
MILLER's lvery-stable in Chicago was
burned, with twenty-five horses.
THE car of Russia was received at Berlin
Friday with distinguished honors.
ROBERT BONNER retires, transferring the
NelC York Ledger to his three sons.
Miss EMMA LAZARUS, the distinguished
poet and magazine writer, is dead
THE Charles river iron works in Boston
were burned Sunday. Loss $780, 900.
IT is said that Secretary Lamar's successor
will be Senator Colquitt of Georgia.
FIRE at York, Neb, burned seven stores
and the Masonic hall. Loss 100000.
THE earl of Lytton, tory candidate, has been
made lord rector of Glasgow University.
TWENTY-FIVE thousand bales of cotton
were burned in fire at Memphis, Tenn.
THE steamship "Douro" was wrecked off
Cape Finisterre and thirteen lives We're lost.
THE public has contributed $4,000 to the
families of the murdered Chicago policemen.
a FREIGHT train went through a burning
trestle in Kentucky. Two men were killed.
KILLING frosts were reported in the east
Gulf States and northern Florida on Sunday
night.
IT is now said that the cancer in the
throat of the crown prince is a "soft -
cancer.
THE Pope has planned a philanthropic
institution for the benefit of the working.
classes.
WONDERFUL stories are told OF the re.
Gently discovered gold mines near Prescott
Arizona.
DURING the past year one hundred twenty.
seven lives were lost from the Cape Ann
fishing fleet.
MISS WILLARD was reelected president Of
the National Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union.
1T is reported that six hundred fifty-thret
persons are paying the United States liquor
tax in Maine.
FoRTY-EIGHT persons from the coast O.
Labrador have reached Quebec in desti
| tute condition.
AN aerolte weighing three tons EN-
bedded itself in one of the streets of Am
| sterdam, n. Y.
Mr.. CHAMBERLAIN does not think that
the subject of reciprocity will come before
! his commission.
! GENERAL SHERIDAN. in his annual report
! declares that the magazine gun is to be the
arm of the future.
THE explosion OF a powder-mill at FL Paso
| Texas, killed two men and shook the coun
try for miles around.
THE Methodist missionary committee il
New York appropriated 81 ,202, 800 for tn,
work of the next year.
AN effort was made by physicians to re
susctate Spies, one of the anarchists huns
in Chicago, but it failed.
THE Central National Bank of Canada ha
suspended payment. The capital was 81,
100000 with 100000 paid up.
SENATOR VANCE of North Carolina was
| severely, but not dangerously, injured by